J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country and Yorkshire 1814-17 > Devon Rivers, No.2 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sailing Boats on the St Germans or Lynher River 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sailing Boats on the St Germans or Lynher River’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 32 Recto:
Sailing Boats on the St Germans or Lynher River 1814
D09707
Turner Bequest CXXXIII 32
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 178 mm
Part watermark ‘ows | 12’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘32’ bottom right, descending vertically, and ‘294’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIII 32’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The background of trees and low hills is similar to that seen on folio 31 recto (D09706), a view west up the St Germans or Lynher River. For other views in the vicinity, see under folio 27 verso (D09700).
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Matthew Imms
July 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Sailing Boats on the St Germans or Lynher River 1814 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-sailing-boats-on-the-st-germans-or-lynher-river-r1147258, accessed 25 April 2024.